The Rarely will be even tougher to find for the next two weeks.
The R train — Bay Ridge’s only subway — won’t roll into the neighborhood after 10 pm on weekday nights from July 27 through Aug. 7, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Trains from Manhattan will terminate at 36th street between 10 pm and 5 am July 27–31 and Aug. 3–7 so the authority can do maintenance on Ridge tracks and tunnels, officials said. And trains running in both directions will also skip stations at Union Street, 9th Street, Prospect Avenue, and 25th Street during the overnight hours, according to information from the authority.
To keep people moving, the authority will run shuttle busses along Fourth Avenue during the overnight service suspensions, officials said. N trains will still run to 59th Street, and they’ll make local stops between 59th Street and Atlantic Ave.–Barclays Center, according to a press release.
During overnight suspensions between 95th Street and 59th Street last year, the authority removed nearly two tons of garbage, fixed 131 leaks, replaced track rails, serviced signal and switching devices, and repainted stations, officials said.
Service on the oft-panned train line grew more predictable when it ran as a Brooklyn local while workers repaired the Hurricane Sandy-damaged East River tunnel that connects the line to Manhattan in 2013 and 2014.
The train returned to full service — and its erratic ways — ahead of schedule in October 2014.
The authority has said it will adjust train schedules to make the service appear more like it is running on time.
